Polytelis anthopeplus
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The regent parrot or rock pebbler (Polytelis anthopeplus) is a bird found in southern Australia. It has predominantly yellow plumage with a green tail. The bird is found primarily in eucalyptus groves and other wooded areas of subtropical southwestern Australia, as well as in a smaller area of subtropical and temperate southeastern Australia. Seeds make up the bulk of its diet.
A species of Psittaculidae, allied to the tribe Polytelini, a sister taxon to Polytelis swainsonii, the superb parrot, and P. alexandrae, the princess parrot. The epithet anthopeplus is derived from ancient Greek, a compound of anthos, flower, and peplos, robe. A 2017 molecular study placed the regent parrot as an early offshoot to the genus Aprosmictus and not as closely related to the other two species.
There are two populations, morphologically similar though isolated, within the species distribution range of Southern Australia. These are described as subspecies: Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplus, Southwest Australia Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides Schodde, 1993. Southeast Australia The regent parrot was first depicted by English author and artist Edward Lear in 1831. Lear included... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healesville Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Cleland Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Melbourne Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Perth Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 6 | Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Gorge Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Wagga Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Exotic Animal World | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Ranger Red’s Zoo & Conservation Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Regent Parrot sighting in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park on a given day, based on 968 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 170 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and November
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Regent Parrot in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park on a given day, against about 40% in May and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Regent Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, in our data
Hattah-Kulkyne National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Regent Parrot sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Regent Parrot that you can see in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Galah (about 70%), Australian Ringneck (about 70%) and Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Regent Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (968 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
